My pal has a (peak) branded version of a chinese lift in the uk. 4t capacity. 240v with a standard plug. 8 years old and still really good. The only thing i dont really like is the cups and the adapters. But we convert his to multi step screw outs
Also, just mount a pulley and spool for the lock dogear and make your own lock pull. For a mechanic you sure lack a lot of common sense when it came to the machine. The moment that dude told you 800, you shoulda bought new cylinders and rams for less than that price. You put the lift together, disassemble and add new rams lol.
WARNING ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ This guy has his own Mechanical shop & can’t even fix his own lift !??? That’s pathetic ! Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! That’s a FUNNY one ! What kind of a shop is he operating, a pretend mechanic shop where he watches “How to” RU-vid videos all day to figure out how to repair automobiles !?? Ha ! Ha ! I GUARANTEED YOU THATS HOW HE OPERATES. This Country is turning into a COMPLETE JOKE w/all these younger (Lost) Generations who are so lost that they can’t even open & operate a n Automotive Repair Garage correctly w/out having to spend half the day looking at their cell-phones & RU-vid searching the “How-to” videos and/or the correct way to repair a certain car or truck ! And that’s because these younger Generations are LOST ! They are so lost that they don’t know what it takes to start very young & working from the bottom & work & learn your way to the top over a period of 10-20 years ! Instead, these lost younger Generations are so spoiled & behave so righteous that they think they can live life on their own terms & not on life’s terms. And this guy here is the perfect example of these young Generations not listening to the old timers who successfully went before them ! Man, are you that BRAIN DEAD that you can’t even figure out how to replace seals in a CHINESE LIFT ! But will pay someone else $500 to spend a few hrs replacing them RIGHT THERE IN YOUR SHOP ! Aren’t you embarrassed !?? Furthermore, those seals are leaking because of Operator-error ! By you leaving an automobile raised up on the lift, supported by the hydraulics & not the safety locks, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ! That’s why !!!That right there is the most irresponsible & brain-dead thing anyone can do unsafely in their shop ! And that’s to leave an automobile raised up on a lift & LEAVE IT THERE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME unattended ! LET ALONE FOR MONTHS !!! WTF IS WRONG W/YOU !??? Your irresponsible, your super lazy for calling someone else to come repair your lift. And, you are SUPER UNSAFE !!! Quit befire more you severely hurt or kill some innocent bystander !
you’re talking about the younger generations like you dumbfucks didn’t raise the younger generations… take some responsibility. you all got to snort quaaludes and fuck each other in mansions that you got loans for while working part time jobs, all so that we could get sent to die in wars for oil companies and grow up unable to afford a 2 bedroom house. honestly, the amount of ignorance in your comment is beyond breathtaking, like i’m actually baffled you could write something so fucking stupid. wanna talk righteous? you’re over here acting like your generation saved the world when all you did was pump it full of smoke, plastic, and then die leaving us with the mess and the debt. YOU people caused this, so quit your goddamn bitching! you got what you wanted and now we ALL reap the consequences. maybe this dude would have better equipment and knowledge to work with if the barrier to entry for the equipment and help he needs weren’t so high, but since you all didn’t want to manufacture shit here, we now have china producing it for us and these are the products we have to work with. and i’m sure you’ll complain about that too when it’s your generation’s fault we have no jobs here… all because you guys just wanted to live for free off your workers’ backs, something you fucked around and then found out about when you laid off those same workers to save money. so yeah, here’s what you have to work with, a guy who’s working with a $2,000 lift because YOU refused to do YOUR part and make things better here for the future of this country. fuck this, these ghouls you people voted in are gonna gut social security before i ever get my money but what do you care? your stupid ass will be dead!
I discarded the Chinese bolts and went with some longer heavy duty bolts from the start. I also had my shop floor poured to twelve inches in the area I was to install the lift. An ounce of prevention ... Good luck. Mine is still doing great!
The salt water destroys steel. Working in a mold shop, we recieve steel mold bases and steel inserts that are either wrapped in foam, then packaging tape, or in the case of the mold bases, 1200 lbs easy they are sprayed with an oil product then wrapped with layer upon layer of plastic wrap, and those little packets that say Do Not Digest. The cost is a third of having it local, especially keeping the cost down.
typical chevy guy. cant support american made products??? too cheap to feed your neighbors? go ahead and keep pandering to the slave labor you feed. hope that thing doesnt fail like all china products do when your under it.
Mine started leaking, I took the glands off, the seal sizes were actually labeled, 40-70-7.3, I looked them up, a place called 123bearings had all kinds of them, Ordered them and costed me about $28.00 after shipping. Easy to do.
i have this lift its out side and the cylinders rusted too . i just made a extention for a cylinder hone did it my self two times . first time got seals from the lift seller on e bay thay sent them for free . second time person could not speek english so i found a seal on ebay . lift is ok im happy with it i spray it with fluid film to keep rust away
Got a 10k lb lift and a company came and installed.. once they left the next day the lift is super shaky on the way down.. tried to bleed the lines and no luck. Any suggestions???
A lot of people forget to bring the lip down after engaging the safety locks. 🤔 Thereby causing the weight of the vehicle to be held by the actual piston itself causing those seals to prematurely leak 💯 I'm not saying that that's what happened in this case. But when you do have these cheaper lifts you have to make sure that after you slide your safety locks in you then push your down button on your Lyft to release the pressure thereby causing the weight of the vehicle to be held mechanically the versus hydraulically
Sweet looking shop. I just built my shop last year 30x50 with 14' walls. I was wondering what size your shop is. I just put a Champion 9500lb lift in mine. Mine is an overhead model. Looks like you have plenty of head room and I think the overhead model is way nice to have a clear floor to roll stuff over. Especially when you are putting non running stuff on and off the lift. My lift also has the manual lock releases on each post which is a little annoying but I'm also just using it at home for personal use. It's a great tool to have. Even used mine with straps on the the arms to pull the bed off my 65 C10. Can't wait to find more uses for it! By the way. Most of the "brand name" lifts including my Champion are also made in China. Nothing wrong with made in China, the biggest thing is quality control. Probably not the same consistency you'd get with more reputable stuff.
make sure you have good concrete. My lift broke the concrete and dropped a truck seconds after I got out from under it to get a tool. nearly killed me.
I just bought this lift and installed it in my shop. I have had it for a week and already had to do some welding on it. The arms are super sloppy on mine. My f350 was sketchy when i lifted it. I got up about 3 feet and my ass started puckering. Do you have any issues with the posts pullibg inward lifitng heavier vehicles
Id even put a bar at the top as well. wouldnt be hard to fab up and you could even paint it blue. I have a Rotary lift with a bar at the top and lifting a vehicle 5-6' off the ground can make em wanna lean in .Not a big deal tho. My Rotary even leaks some when its up a few days.If the cylinders fail just get another set off the net. Itwould have been easier. Bang for the buck and limited use id call it a win.Nice lift
As much as it will hold brother LOL. I've pulled a new holland l175 skidloader sideways with this setup. So it will handle quite a bit. I would think that the weak link would be the hitch pin. And if that breaks its no big deal. However I have had no issues up till now.
Never buy china made products that was manufacture by U.S.A. Companies who's trying to produce products the cheapest price they can sub manufacture w/ the Highest Profit Margin. You people must own Apple I Phone but no one complaining cause they pay premium to the factories to produce a high quality products cause the name Apple needs to justify the price. they most likely pat $ 50.00 for the phone & sells U.S. market for like what $1200 -1500
Shallow gene pool. Stay away from any lift that isn't independently certified by ALI ETL. Whenever you see pictures of collapsed lifts they are always these non certified bargain brands.
With this particular lift it has a cable cover that goes on the floor. Just just set everything up in place and that cover gave me a reference as to how far apart they would be.
I’m curious to know how far those anchor bolts are in concret, typically they come with 5 1/4” anchors and between the base thickness and the nut it looks like 2 1/2-3 “ is sticking out of the floor. Don’t feel like that’s enough into the concrete imo
Nice shop! The first thing I noticed was your left & right lift sides are not adjusted evenly as the locks are not hitting at the same time; should be one solid click as it goes up. If you did have a failure as it was going up and only one lock was engaged the result would be disastrous. Most of the big name brand lifts are also made in China. The biggest differences are much better customer support and more standardized readily available service parts. Also, just because it goes up does not mean it is safe to lift. Those bigger trucks, especially diesels, are very heavy on the front end, and with a 10,000 lb. lift your limited to 2,500 lbs. per arm, not just 10,000 lbs. overall. Most people don't put big trucks on anything less than a 12k lift. In this situation more is better. Finally, the biggest concern with 2 post lifts is making sure you have an adequate concrete foundation. Some lift manufacturers say all you need is 4" of 3,500 psi concrete. While that might be fine on a four post lift, the lift installers that do this for a living strongly recommend 12" of reinforced concrete for 2 post lifts. It all boils down to what is your life or the lives of your workers worth...